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How to know your citizens (KYC) and prevent fraud

Autumn 2023 Cover story – by Barley Laing, UK Managing Director at Melissa

Barley Laing

The public sector has long been considered a soft target by fraudsters. This is backed up by data from the Cabinet Office which highlights that fraud and error in public spending are estimated to cost taxpayers up to £51.8

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UK Tech Firm Bridgeworks Showcases AI WAN Acceleration at British Embassy in Washington DC

The British Embassy in Washington DC recently hosted a Thought Leadership event and reception and invited a select number of British companies to showcase artificial intelligence (AI) and zero trust architecture (ZTA) solutions.

Left to right: David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks and Jamie Eykyn, Chairman of Bridgeworks, outside the British Embassy in

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Tarian Technology Announces Partnership with Ploughshare to Bring Revolutionary Cybersecurity Products to the Market

Tarian Technology, a Wales-based provider of cybersecurity solutions and commercial spin-out of Exsel Electronics, announces today a ground-breaking licensing agreement with Ploughshare, the commercial face of the UK Government’s Defence Science and Technology Labs (Dstl), for the use of game-changing cybersecurity products.  

The partnership brings together years of work between Exsel Electronics and

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Driving efficiency, saving time, and saving money – how automation can benefit the public sector

The 2023 Spring Budget depicted a further £21.6 billion in unannounced cuts to public services by 2027/28*. In line with this, we’ve seen technology budgets slashed across the sector, with NHS tech funding falling below the £1 billion mark**. As such, the public sector must find new and innovative ways to maintain the supply and

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District Council issues a Stop Notice to the Home Office at Scampton

West Lindsey District Council’s enforcement officers have today served an Enforcement Notice and a Stop Notice to the Home Office, which calls for all work to cease at RAF Scampton.

It means that all activity using the site as accommodation for asylum seekers must stop, pursuant to section 172 and 183 of the Town and

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John Pye Appointed to Multi-Million Pound Emergency Services Framework

National auction house John Pye & Sons Limited has secured a four-year nationwide framework worth up to £50,000,000 to oversee the disposal and auction of end-of-life emergency service or “Blue Light” vehicles.

The ‘Framework for the Provision of Auction and Disposal of End-of-Life Vehicles and Items’ was awarded by BlueLight Commercial, an organisation established by

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Unit4 Studies: Organisations Adopting Shared Services to Drive Transformation

Leading public sector and professional services organisations look to shared services model to improve core business functions, data compatibility and real-time analytics

Unit4, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for people-centric organisations, today highlighted key trends in shared services adoption among public sector and professional services organisations (PSO), drawing on data from

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Blackhawk Network approved for third Crown Commercial Service Framework

Blackhawk Network(BHN), the global market leader in payments, rewards and incentives, has been awarded a third Crown Commercial Service Framework. Cyclescheme, a wholly owned subsidiary of BHN, has been approved to join the (CCS) RM6273 Employee Benefits & Services Framework.

With Cyclescheme, the UK’s leading Cycle to Work provider, employees can save up to 42%

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Government suicide prevention fund for charity sector to be boosted

Multi-million-pound fund for charity sector to carry out crucial work – alongside the NHS – to save lives and tackle tragedy of suicide Government calls on charities across England to apply for funding to continue supporting tens of thousands of people experiencing suicidal thoughts Comes alongside expected £13.6 billion this year to transform the

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Why the Government’s Energy Bill Support Scheme for Northern Ireland has revealed Post Office is perfectly placed to ‘own’ the bill payments & cash disbursal space

An impressive 500,000 energy vouchers dispatched within four weeks and ahead of schedule.

A staggering £600m of cash distributed across post offices at speed, meticulous behind-the-scenes planning and postmasters who proved to be local heroes for their communities.

The results speak for themselves: With a redemption rate of almost 100%, it’s clear the Northern Ireland

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From paper to pixels: Secure scanning in public sector digitalisation

By Kevin Dobson, product manager, Epson UK

This month marks three-years since the government first gave the order for people to work from home, wherever possible, at the start of the COVID19 pandemic.

Nobody at the time would have predicted that this simple order – enforced to slow the spread of a deadly disease –

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NEW FUNDING AGREED TO KEEP BBC WORLD SERVICE ON AIR

The Government has awarded a one-off payment of £20 million to the BBC World Service as part of the refresh of the Integrated Review.

The money is being provided to protect all 42 World Service language services over the next two years, support English language broadcasting, and counter disinformation. The refreshed Integrated Review concludes that

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Public Sector: How to lay the foundations of successful digital transformation projects

Nick-Denning

Nick Denning, CEO of IT consultancy Diegesis and veteran of multiple transformation projects, shares his tips on how to build success from the start.

No one begins a transformation project aiming for it to fail, but many are challenged because the right foundations have not been laid. Government organisations, suppliers and partners

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£5 MILLION INNOVATION FUND TO REDUCE DRUG USE

Five projects will receive part of £5 million innovation fund to test new ways to reduce use of so-called recreational drugs On-the-ground projects include skills development and education for young people Supports strategy to reduce drug use to a 30-year low and build a world-class knowledge base

Five projects aimed at reducing drug use

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Investing in people always pays dividends

By Sascha Giese, SolarWinds Head Geek™

When it comes to digital transformation, one area of investment trumps all others. It’s not hardware. It’s not software. It’s not even the latest development in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

It’s people. And if public sector organizations want to deliver data-rich government services, they need to

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Are we heading towards an energy cliff edge?

Oliver Gray, Charis business development director

By Ollie Gray, business development director, Charis

So, are we better off or worse off this spring when it comes to our energy bills?

Unfortunately, despite falling wholesale costs, the average household bill is still set to rise to £3000 in April, and many will need

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Sodexo awarded contract with The Insolvency Service

Sodexo has been awarded a three-year contract with The Insolvency Service to provide strategic programme and advisory services to support the organisation’s ‘Transforming Workplaces Project’.

Partnering with Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB), global construction and property consultancy, Sodexo’s Property Professional Services business and RLB will support The Insolvency Service to rationalise and transform its existing

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Legacy systems and security will continue to dominate the agenda for public sector IT professionals

Sascha Giese

By Sascha Giese, SolarWinds Head Geek™

When protecting computer systems and networks, the “biggest cyber risk is complacency, not hackers.” That’s according to John Edwards, the UK’s Information Commissioner who warned that companies are leaving themselves open to cyberattacks by ignoring crucial measures such as updating software and training staff.

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Removing departmental siloes is vital for Governments under fire from state-sponsored salvos

By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds

When it comes to IT, much is made of the differences between public and private sector projects. People are quick to point out the world’s most successful go-getting companies use technology to gain a competitive advantage, while the public sector is motivated by the delivery of services to

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Royal Navy employee empowerment app hailed as transformation best practice

The challenge:

The Royal Navy wanted to improve retention by understanding more about the lived experience of personnel and addressing common pain-points. The 40,000-strong staff includes sailors, engineers, medical staff, shore-based civil servants, trainers, and auxiliary service personnel. By the nature of their roles, the majority of personnel are not desk-based and prefer to use

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